Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Eighth Edition [Hardcover]

Don Green (Author), Robert Perry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 23, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0071422943 | ISBN-13: 978-0071422949 | Edition: 8

Get Cutting-Edge Coverage of All Chemical Engineering Topics— from Fundamentals to the Latest Computer Applications.

First published in 1934, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook has equipped generations of engineers and chemists with an expert source of chemical engineering information and data. Now updated to reflect the latest technology and processes of the new millennium, the Eighth Edition of this classic guide provides unsurpassed coverage of every aspect of chemical engineering-from fundamental principles to chemical processes and equipment to new computer applications.

Filled with over 700 detailed illustrations, the Eighth Edition of Perry's Chemcial Engineering Handbook features:

• Comprehensive tables and charts for unit conversion
• A greatly expanded section on physical and chemical data
• New to this edition: the latest advances in distillation, liquid-liquid extraction, reactor modeling, biological processes, biochemical and membrane separation processes, and chemical plant safety practices with accident case histories

Inside This Updated Chemical Engineering Guide

Conversion Factors and Mathematical Symbols • Physical and Chemical Data • Mathematics • Thermodynamics • Heat and Mass Transfer • Fluid and Particle Dynamics Reaction Kinetics • Process Control • Process Economics • Transport and Storage of Fluids • Heat Transfer Equipment • Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling, and Solids Drying • Distillation • Gas Absorption and Gas-Liquid System Design • Liquid-Liquid Extraction Operations and Equipment • Adsorption and Ion Exchange • Gas-Solid Operations and Equipment • Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment • Solid-Solid Operations and Equipment • Size Reduction and Size Enlargement • Handling of Bulk Solids and Packaging of Solids and Liquids • Alternative Separation Processes • And Many Other Topics!

Editorial Reviews

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...electronic version of a well-known print handbook...This program is most useful for users who do most of their work in the field or on the road, where they would carry laptop computers but would not want to take books with them...One advantage of the software is the ability to print specific pages, allowing users to write notes on the pages without the guilt of defacing a book. Upper-division undergraduates and up. (Choice 20001201) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

The definitive reference for chemical and process engineers. Now featuring 50% new or revised material. This Seventh Edition of the world-famous Perry's Chemical Engineer's Handbook provides you with unrivaled, state-of-the-art coverage of all aspects of chemical engineering--from the fundamentals to details on computer applications and control. Featuring over 1,700 illustrations in its more than 2,200 pages of coverage, the Handbook gives you: a comprehensive source for the newest developments, advances, achievements, and methods in your field--including thermal design procedures, gas and liquid diffusivity estimation, and industrial processes from aerobic fermentation to pyrometallurgy; all the facts and data on procedures, equipment, performance, and principles that you need--including new material on compact heat exchangers, design procedures for distillation columns, and methods for estimating discharge from ruptured lines and vessels; a ready reference to appropriate calculation methods for problems at hand--including a completely new section on analysis of plant performance; time and cost-saving tips on design alternatives, application techniques, and approaches to problems that are outside your area of expertise. Authoritative and comprehensive, this edition includes the latest information on: condensers, reboilers, evaporators, and vessels; multicomponent and enhanced distillation, including azeotropic, extractive, and reactive methods; gas absorption processes, with data on plate performance, plate design, and packed towers; super-critical fluid and membrame separation processes; biochemical separation processes; materials of construction; materials for process applications. Chosen by generations of chemical and process engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook continues the fine tradition of earlier editions: it thoroughly meets professionals' needs for complete, reliable, and useful information in the field. ``A valuable tool for chemical engineers.''--C.T. Sciance, Principal Consultant, R&D Planning, Dupont. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 2400 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 8 edition (October 23, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071422943
• ISBN-13: 978-0071422949
• Product Dimensions: 3.4 x 8 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

72 of 79 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Skip this and get the platinum edition instead. November 20, 1999

By A Customer

Format:CD-ROM

I just bought platinum edition of Perry's for $159, whichincludes both the book and this CD, a much better deal than paying$119 for the CD only. As for the quality of the CD, there are some things to like and some to hate about it. Since it's in Adobe Acrobat format, it's easy to print off a few pages, but it's fuzzy if you don't have a good laser-jet printer. You can't resize the font as you can in MSword or Wordperfect. Because of the 2-column layout of Perry's, it is very tedious trying to read a page from your screen using Acrobat, unless you happen to have 20/20 vision and a 21+-inch monitor. As far as the portability of the data goes, it's easy to copy (CTRL+C) and paste from the "active objects" which only cover part of all the data, but very messy to copy directly from Adobe Acrobat. My advice is if you want this CD, then go ahead and spend the extra $40 and get the 3000 page book as well.

44 of 48 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The indispensable reference for engineers and scientists. December 10, 1999

By E. Ellsworth Hackman, III

Format:Hardcover

Perry's Handbook has been found indispensable by chemical engineers, and a wide variety of other engineers and scientists, through six previous editions spanning more than sixty years. The NST/Engineers, Inc. reviewer, a Ph.D., PE favors the hardbound book as a desk reference, whereas he favors the CD format (ISBN# 0071344128) where a laptop or copying text or calculations are required. Users familiar with previous editions of Perry's will find additional text sections, tables, and figures. The reviewer did not detect deletions of any required material.

You will notice the increased use of SI units. Section 1, of thirty Handbook sections, "Conversion Factors and Mathematical Symbols", provides a rescue line for those of us much more accustomed to U.S., British, and older Metric units and who are not fully conversant with S.I. units. The first one-third of the Handbook lays the theoretical groundwork for a fuller understanding of its final two-thirds.

Section 2 provides physical properties data, including tables of constants for properties' correlations covering wide temperature ranges. Methods for the prediction and correlation of physical properties are explained. Section 3 summarizes mathematics through differential equations and statistics. Sections 4 through 7 may be considered short texts on "Thermodynamics", "Heat and Mass Transfer", "Fluid and Particle Dynamics", and "Reaction Kinetics".

In its eighty-four double column text pages, Section 8 covers the "Fundamentals of Process Dynamics and Control". It includes model predictive control, process optimization, unit operations control, process measurements, and concludes with controllers, final control elements, and regulators.... Section 9, "Process Economics", takes the reader through calculations involved in investment and profitability decisions, cost control, and cost estimation. Starting with Section 10, "Transport and Storage of Fluids", and for most of the following twenty sections, the chemical engineering unit operations, details of more specialized theories and operating practices, calculation methods, interface studies between chemical engineering and other disciplines (i.e., Biochemical Engineering and Waste Management), and data specific to the topic being presented are given.

As previously stated, these latter sections, about two-thirds of the book, build upon an understanding of the fundamentals presented earlier. For example, Section 10; Section 11, "Heat Transfer Equipment"; Section 12, "Psychrometry, Evaporative Cooling, and Solids Drying"; Section 13, "Distillation"; Section 14, "Gas Absorption"; Section 15, "Liquid-Liquid Extraction"; Section 16, "Adsorption and Ion Exchange"; Section 17, "Gas-Solid Operations and Equipment"; and Section 18, "Liquid-Solid Operations and Equipment"; build on an understanding of Section 4, "Thermodynamics", Section 5, "Heat and Mass Transfer", and Section 6 "Fluid and Particle Dynamics". However, the book sections are all prepared to be rather self-sufficient so that readers without the earlier fundamental background can still gather useful working information.

The final twelve sections complete the review of unit operations and add important interdisciplinary studies. The sections are: "Solid-Solid Operations and Equipment"; "Size Reduction and Size Enlargement"; "Handling of Bulk Solids and Packaging of Solids and Liquids"; "Alternative Separation Processes"; "Chemical Reactors" (building on Section 7 "Reaction Kinetics"); "Biochemical Engineering"; "Waste Management"; "Process Safety"; "Energy resources, Conversion, and Utilization"; "Materials of Construction"; "Process Machinery Drives"; and "Analysis of Plant Performance";

Actually, a reasonable understanding of the contents of Perry's, including how to find and use the voluminous data, is equivalent to the text-based learning at the completion of a Master's degree in chemical engineering. Read more ›

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The 7th edition of the chem engineers' classic reference. August 16, 1999

By A Customer

Format:CD-ROM

"Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook (7th Edition)- 1999 Version on CD ROM" by Robert H. Perry and Don W. Green - Published by McGraw-Hill Company

Perry's on CD is the most recent advance in this respected series of handbook editions that dates back to the 1930s. The NST/Engineers, Inc. reviewers have relied upon various editions of the print copy over the past forty years. The portability and ease of searching for, finding, and copying material from this CD version will be widely appreciated. For the uninitiated, the explanations and data presented are a great help to engineers, scientists, students and others who seek to turn ideas into reality about energy and materials and their transfers and transformations.

The CD uses Adobe Acrobat format. This allows rapid printing of paper copies of individual pages of the Handbook. Essentially all Windows-type and Macintosh computers and the widely-used printers, produced over the last several years can handle the reading and printing. We did discover that an HP Laserjet III printer linked to a '91 computer using Windows 95, and with an Intel 486 CPU having a 100 mHz upgrade, could not manage the printing. We then tried a similarly aged computer, with only 16 meg of RAM, but linked to a late '92 HP Injet printer. That low-power system did a fine job of reading and printing.

Following the booklet supplied, the NST/Engineers, Inc. reviewers were able to make valuable use of figures and tables from the one hundred formatted as "Active Objects". The CD uses ACTIV8 © to enable them. We were able to make custom tables of materials' properties. As an example, we copied an "Active" table to the Clipboard. Then we pasted the data directly into an EXCEL™ worksheet.... In the worksheet we easily deleted and added cells and titling to suit. A special feature with some of the "Active" tables is an interpolation capability. For example, where table data as temperatures was given in 10 degree intervals, we could input any value within an interval and get the appropriate property value.

With "Active" figures that are graphs you can magnify areas of interest. Then by placing the mouse pointer cross-hairs anywhere on the graph, you can read the exact x and y coordinates in a window. If you click on several points, the data is saved in a table.

Laptop, and other travelling users, will especially appreciate the utility of a single CD that covers the entire contents of the six-pound print copy of this engineering classic. The NST/Engineers, Inc. reviewers found the McGraw-Hill Technical Help Desk knowledgeable and easy to contact. Read more ›

68 of 86 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars What's all the fuss? November 10, 2000

By A Customer

Format:Hardcover

Perry's has been gathering dust on my bookshelf at home for years. I always think of it as the book to go to if you want to NOT find the answer to something. In my 20 year career and in my PE test effort, the only thing I ever used it for was to look up properties of substances. It is NOT friendly to the working engineer, since it quickly veers into arcane academic territory on every subject, or else is too general to be useful. This is a serious review of this book by a ChE PE, but I know this review will get panned by all, not because it is not useful, but because you do not agree with it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for a Chemical Engineer January 6, 2000

By Vinay Medhekar

Format:Hardcover

A great assortment of theory and practical data, this book is a must for all chemical engineers. This book provides at ones desk all the information one needs. The use of the book in the beginning is difficult but once learned, it serves as a powerful tool. I have not seen any other reference book as complete and practical oriented with an answer to the needs of the Chemical Engineer as this one.